Seven-year grant offers immune tolerance a boost

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The U.S. National Institutes of Health's (NIH's) Immune Tolerance Network (ITN) is trying to overcome the hurdles, ranging from problems in setting up clinical trials to significant scientific difficulties. The seven-year grant worth $165 million has helped the ITN's immune tolerance process that curbs the destructive immune reactions that underlie conditions ranging from organ transplant rejection to type 1 diabetes.

Financial management, Finance, Clinical trials, Research grants, Research funding, Company financing

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After the flood

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Proper sanitation, lack of food, water, shelter, clothing and counting the dead were the major areas of concern to be paid attention immediately after Katrina. The aftermath of Katrina gives proper assessment and management of such natural calamities to be genuinely adopted by the US government as a national priority.

Other Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities, Disaster Aid, Disaster Relief & Insurance, Evaluation, Economic aspects, Environmental aspects, Disaster relief, New Orleans, Louisiana, Casualties, Hurricane Katrina, 2005, Post-disaster reconstruction

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